Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3877, John Galloway, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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Galloway, John
R. 3877
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
RECORDED
3877
P. O. _____
John Gulloway Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Wages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Washington 20 Jany 1836
Dear Sir
I enclose you the petition of John Galloway of Ky to be placed on the Pension list. You will see that from a failure of memory he cannot recollect the names of the officers. but he was certainly a revolutionary soldier in the knowledge of many in his neighbourhood. I know the old man well. Judge Calhoun of Ky has been often heard to declare that S d Galloway was a revolutionary soldier, but the judge is now no more.
I have the honor to be your Obedt Servt A. H. Lewis

John Galloway Kentucky
Suspended Oct 23 Jan 36 No A. G. Barnes, Hon B E Grey July 31 1857
5877
1832
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Sir -
I recd yours of the 15 th inst in re- lation to the case of John Galloway - I state in reply John Galloway has been dead some years - several of his kin reside in Madison County Ky - The County in which I reside - with whom I am personally acquainted - His certificate can no doubt be obtained and affidavit of his death - which fact I can state myself from information -
May 15 th 1888
very Respectfully John White

State of Kentucky. County of Daviess Set.
On the 15 th day of December 1835 Person- nally appeared before Creed Burton Andrew Jones & Ch. D Jackson Justices of the county court of said county now sitting John Galloway a resident of said county of Daviess and State aforesaid aged Seventy five years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted as a private in the Revolutionary army in the year 1776 in the county of Buckingham in the state of Virginia for the term of two years. he was recruited or Enlisted by an officer then called Captain William Gabbett of Amherst County Virginia. as soon as the Company was Completed and equipped we were marched from Virginia to near Philadelphia under the Command of the aforesaid Recruiting officer or Captain where we joined the Main Army. which he believes was Commanded by General Gates. This applicant states that by reason of his youth at the time and of his present old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot now recollect positively the names of his Major. or Colonel. or other inferior officers who commanded during the time. but he well remembers that the Army moved

Northwardly and he was in the army under Gales when he was attacked by Burgoyne at Stillwater, was present well remembers the retreat to Saratoga and also was present at the surrender of Burgoyne's army in the month of October 1777, that sometime in the winter following he was marched back to the vicinity of Philadelphia, where they remained for some time when the two years enlistment had expired in the year 1778 he was honorably discharged from the Army then encamped near the Schuylkill, and that he has long since lost his discharge. This respondent states that sometime after his return home and in the year 1778 he volunteered under Captain John Day of Buckingham County Virginia and was in service on James River and marched down as low as Norfolk. The name of his Colonel is not recollected, but he knows he was under the command of Col. or General Nelson and remained in service on this tour between two & three months. This applicant served one month under Captain Charles Burks at Albemarle Barracks guarding prisoners - and if he is not mistaken part of the same he assisted in taking with Burgoyne the precise time of this service is not recollected. In the spring of 1781 this applicant came to Kentucky and in the fall of 1782 under the command of Captain James Davis & Lt Joseph Reed he served a tour of about five weeks.

under Genl George Rogers Clark against the Shawanee indians on the Miama river now state of Ohio and he hereto annexes the Certificate of the Auditor of Virginia in proof of said Service. This applicant about the year 1783 as well as he now recollects volunteered & marched under Col Isaac Cox to Hoyds fork & crossed it and ascended To Bull skin and marched to the Burnt station. which had been Burnt by the indians two days previous who killed Neel Davis. from this we marched back to Nelson County & was discharged. I was on several skouts against indians who visited us & stole horses. This applicant was born in Buckingham County Virginia and continued to dwell there untill his removal to the West in 1781 and he has lived in the present boundary of Kentucky since that period and in the neighbour- =hood where he now lives for near 40 years that he has lost his several discharges & has no knowledge of any person living who can prove any of his Services. afs d . his near neighbour George Calhoun having lately died by whom he could have proved a part of the aforesaid Services and he hereby relinquishes Every Claim whatever to a pension or any

annually. except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State. sworn to & subscribed in open Court. John Galloway
We Samuel  Calhoun Clergymen residing in the County of Daviess and Jno Leaman residing in the same County do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with John Galloway who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 75 Years of age and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Samuel Calhoun John Leaman Ed
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after

Auditor Office of Virginia
June 17. 1833
It appears by the Pay Roll in this office of Capt James Davis's company of the Illinois Regiment that John Galloway a soldier in said company recd pay from the 21. October to the 25. November 1782.
M c Heath Audit
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further Certify that it appears to them that Samuel Calhoon who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in Daviess County, and that John Leaman who has given his deposition or signed the preceding Certificate are residents of said County and are Creditable persons and that their several statements are entitled to full credit
brex t , Burton
Andrew Jones Chas. H. Jackson } Justices
State of Kentucky, Daviess County ss I John F. McFarland clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the Mat- ter of the Application of John Galloway for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 23 rd day of December 1835
John F. McFarland